republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-215.md

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Bill	DNA evidence.	Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to report specified information regarding certain rape kit evidence, within 120 days of the collection of the kit, to the Department of Justice through a database established by the department. Existing law requires the department, on or before July 1, 2018, and in consultation with law enforcement agencies and crime victims groups, to establish a process by which victims of sexual assault may inquire regarding the location and information regarding their sexual assault evidence kits.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 215	California SB 215 (20212022)	bill	DNA evidence.	enacted	Leyva	5	24	7	2021-01-13	2021-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/56433a4a-7cd0-4ecb-9ca3-c59a8ac7a41c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB215	f5d51c5302cc565e685239821fcb0d6d2bfc49a3b65c88172e298a02d125e9ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 215 (20212022) — DNA evidence.

Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to report specified information regarding certain rape kit evidence, within 120 days of the collection of the kit, to the Department of Justice through a database established by the department. Existing law requires the department, on or before July 1, 2018, and in consultation with law enforcement agencies and crime victims groups, to establish a process by which victims of sexual assault may inquire regarding the location and information regarding their sexual assault evidence kits.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 01/13/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/20/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/07/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB215 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/07/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 215 Leyva Senate Third Reading By Chiu — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading SB215 Leyva et al. — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Leyva — primary (person)
• Chiu — principal coauthor (person)
• Lorena Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Portantino — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2021-01-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 13.
• 2021-01-28 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-02-17 Set for hearing March 9.
• 2021-03-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 424.) (March 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-03-12 Set for hearing March 22.
• 2021-03-22 March 22 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1183.) (May 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1318.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-06-10 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-06-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-07-14 July 14 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2021-08-26 Coauthors revised.
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2687.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-02 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2021-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
• 2021-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 634, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/56433a4a-7cd0-4ecb-9ca3-c59a8ac7a41c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).